Job 26:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

How hast thou helped him, that is without power? Thou hast helped excellently! It is an ironical expression, implying quite the contrary, that he had not helped at all. As if he had said, I am a poor helpless creature, my strength and spirits are quite broken with the pains of my body, and the perplexities of my mind; and humanity and religion should have taught thee to support and comfort me, with representations of the goodness and promises of God, and not to terrify and overwhelm me with displaying his sovereign majesty, his glorious holiness, and inflexible justice, the thoughts whereof are already so discouraging and dreadful to me.

Job 26:2

2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?